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Mexico deploys hundreds of police to reinforce border with Guatemala

Mexico has deployed hundreds of police, helicopters and boats to its southern border with Guatemala on Monday in an attempt to stop the approaching immigrant caravan from entering illegally.

"Members of this group are much more violent and aggressive” than the earlier immigrants who are now crossing southern Mexico, the head of Mexico’s migration agency, Gerardo Elías García, told The Wall Street Journal.

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The news comes one day after violent clashes at the border between immigrants and Mexican police, in which one Honduran man reportedly died.

Volunteer firefighters told NBC News that one man died after sustaining a head wound from a rubber bullet. They added that dozens were injured in the fighting.

The Mexican ambassador to the U.S., Gerónimo Gutiérrez, said last week that Mexico would enforce its borders to the best of its ability, with as little violence as possible.

Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed into the Caravan heading to our Southern Border. Please go back, you will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!